Location
Southwestern Asia (that part west of the Bosporus is sometimes includedwith Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and borderingthe Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria

Maritime claims exclusive economic zone:
in Black Sea only - to the maritime boundary agreed upon with the formerUSSR
territorial sea :
6 nm in the Aegean Sea,; 12 nm in the Black Sea and in the MediterraneanSea

NOTE: The information regarding Turkey on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkey Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkey Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.